Monday, December 24, 2012

One-horse open sleighs

Herb Ross and Charlie Ross

Photo courtesy of Betty Dew

Len Glass ~ Ernest Glass ~ Margaret (Glass) McDugald

Glass Family Photo Collection

These photos of one-horse open sleighs were taken in the early 1900s in King Township. Use of horses and sleighs began to disappear after the end of WWI and especially so after the end of WW2. The Ross and Glass families were long-time residents of King Township and some of their descendants live in King Township to this day. Being related to the Glass family, I know for a fact that a number of the Glass family members made the switch to snowmobiles quite some time ago.Please comment if you wish.Barry Wallace

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Born the night Japan attacked Pearl Harbour / became a man the day I harnessed a team of horses for my grandfather / hitch-hiked across Canada and back / married my high school sweetheart / spent 41 years in newspaper publishing / birdwatcher for the past 26 years / take a canoe over a car any day / proud father and grandfather / lifelong hedonist